Grade 9

CREST EduFund Mental Maths Olympiad (CEMMO)

Sample Paper
Pattern and Marking Scheme
Grade Topic/Section No. of Marks per Total
Questions Question Marks
Grade 9 Basique 80 3 240
Avance 20 6 120
Grand Total 100 360

The total duration of the exam is 60 minutes.

Note: For every incorrect answer, there's a penalty of 1/3rd of the total marks allotted to that
question.

Syllabus
Number System
a. Representation of Natural numbers, Integers and Rational numbers
b. Rational numbers as Recurring / Terminating Decimals

Algebra
a. Polynomials
b. Quadratic equations

Comparing quantities
a. Time and Distance
b. Simple interest
c. Compound interest
d. Profit and Loss
e. Problems on Ages
f. Time and Work
g. Boats and Streams
h. Average and Percentage
 i. Partnership
j. Discount

Geometry
a. Lines and Angles
b. Triangles
c. Quadrilaterals
d. Circles

Mensuration
a. Area of triangle using heron’s formula
b. Area related to Circles
c. Surface area and Volume of Cubes, Cuboids, Spheres, Hemispheres, and Right circular
Cylinders/Cones
d. Heights and Distance

Playing with Numbers

a. Series and Simplification
b. Alphanumeric series
c. Tests of Divisibility
d. Gross pay/Net pay

Data Handling and Symmetry

a. Pictographs
b. Bar graph
c. Line graph
d. Symmetry
e. Data Interpretation

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 Basique (Each Question is 3 Marks)

1. Express 3.14 into mixed fraction.

27 11
a. 3 99 b. 3 99
14 9
c. 3 99 d. 6 99

2. Find the value of (125)2/9.

a. 3√25 b. 25
c. √5 d. 3√5

3. Find the result of subtracting the sum of all integers between 10 and 20 from the sum of all
integers from 10 to 20.

a. 40 b. 46
c. 32 d. 30

4. Express 2.7777…….. in the form of p/q.

a. 29/9 b. 23/9
c. 25/9 d. 21/9

5. Which of the following is a non-terminating decimal?

a. 65/100 b. 2/9
c. 32/10 d. 66/8

6. What is the decimal representation of 1/3?

a. 0.3 b. 0.33
c. 0.333 d. 0. ̅̅̅̅̅
333

7. What is the coefficient of x² in the polynomial P(x) = 3x³ + 10(x – x²) – 5x² – 2?

a. -14 b. -15
c. -12 d. -19

8. What is the product of Zero’s of polynomials (x + 8) (x − 10)?

a. -80 b. -45
c. -76 d. -95

9. What are the two roots of the equation (x + 4) (x – 5) = 0?

a. 4, 5 b. 6, 4
c. -4, 5 d. -6, 4

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10. Find two values of x which satisfy the quadratic equation x² – 64 = 0?

a. 64 b. 16
c. ±12 d. ±8

11. What are the two roots of the equation (x + 5)² – 36 = 0?

a. 1, -11 b. 2, 15
c. -7, 3 d. 8, -9

12. Sum of the two numbers is 273. If first number is 2/5 of the second number. Find the second
number.

a. 158 b. 195
c. 187 d. 221

13. A man travelled a certain distance by train at a rate of 15 km/h and walked back at the rate of
12 km/h. The whole journey took 9 hours. Find the distance he travelled.

a. 60 km b. 40 km
c. 58 km d. 72 km

14. Walking 4/5 of his usual speed, a man is 16 minutes late. Find the usual time taken by him to
cover that distance.

a. 48 min b. 37 min
c. 64 min d. 84 min

15. A person takes 20 h to travel a certain distance. If his speed is increased by 25%, then what
time will he take to travel the same distance?

a. 20 hrs b. 16 hrs
c. 11 hrs d. 18 hrs

16. A sum of money becomes four times in 20 years at simple interest. Find the rate of interest.

a. 22% b. 23%
c. 15% d. 8%

17. A sum of $7700 is lent out in two parts in such a way that the interest on one part at 20% for 5
years is equal to that on another part at 9% for 6 years. Find the second part of the sum.

a. $5,000 b. $2,349
c. $5,689 d. $4,698

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18. If the cost price of an article is $300 and the percent markup is 30%. What is the marked price?

a. $470 b. $390
c. $380 d. $420

19. A shopkeeper expects a profit of 50% on his cost price. In a week, his sale was of $15000.
What was his profit?

a. $5,000 b. $15,000
c. $6,870 d. $9,790

20. Five years ago, the average age of P and Q was 15 years. Now, average age of P, Q and R
is 20 years. What would be the age of R after 10 years?

a. 20 years b. 30 years
c. 15 years d. 45 years

21. Jack is 15 years elder than Richard. If 5 years ago, Jack was 3 times as old as Richard, then
find Jack’s present age.

a. 30 years b. 25 years
c. 20 years d. 10 years

22. The ratio of the present ages of Peter and Tom is 8:7. Five years ago, the ratio of their ages
was 3:2. Find the present age of Peter.

a. 8 years b. 9 years
c. 11 years d. 16 years

23. Two pipes can fill a tank in 18 min and 24 min, respectively. Both are opened simultaneously.
After how many minutes should the first pipe be closed so that the tank becomes full in 16
min?

a. 8 b. 7
c. 9 d. 6

24. Either 8 men or 17 women can paint a wall in 33 days. Find the number of days required to
paint three such walls by 12 men and 24 women working at the same rate.

a. 21 days b. 18 days
c. 34 days d. 27 days

25. A man rows with a speed of 8 km/h in still water. Find the downstream, if the speed of the
stream is 4 km/h.

a. 16 km/h b. 18 km/h
c. 14 km/h d. 12 km/h

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26. A boat can cover 48 km downstream in 3 h. It can cover a 40 km upstream in 4 h. What is the
speed of the boat in still water (in km/h)?

a. 13 km/h b. 15 km/h
c. 14 km/h d. 12 km/h

27. A fruit seller bought a basket containing 2050 oranges out of which 41 oranges were rotten.
What percentage of oranges were rotten?

a. 6% b. 7%
c. 2% d. 3%

28. The population of a town is 352800. If it increases at the rate of 5% per annum, then what will
be its population 2 years hence. Also, find the population 2 years ago.

a. 336757 b. 388962
c. 367565 d. 347688

29. In a school, the average age of students is 6 years, and the average age of 12 teachers is 40
years. If the average age of the combined group of all the teachers and students is 7 years,
then the number of students is:

a. 153 b. 323
c. 214 d. 396

30. Rexon and Sam started a business initially with $14200 and $15600, respectively. If total
profits at the end of year is $74500, what is the Rexon’s share in the profit?

a. $35,500 b. $28,800
c. $21,980 d. $38,920

31. A starts a business with $24,000/- and later B joins him with $48,000. After how many months
did B join if the profit is distributed in an equal ratio?

a. 5 b. 4
c. 6 d. 8

32. A shopkeeper marks his goods 20% above C.P. but allows a 30% discount for cash. What is
his net loss?

a. 20% b. 17%
c. 13% d. 16%

33. A single discount, equivalent to a successive discount of 40% and 30% is:

a. 37% b. 58%
c. 52% d. 38%

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34. What is the measure of the angle if its supplementary angle measures 98o?

a. 82o b. 78o
c. 88o d. 98o

35. In a ∆PQR, PS = SR = SQ and ∠PRS = 55°. Find ∠SQP.

a. 25o b. 55o
c. 35o d. 45o

36. Angles of a linear pair are in the ratio 8 : 1. What is the degree of measure of both angles?

a. 90o and 230o b. 160o and 20o

c. 80o and 40o d. 110o and 40o

37. ΔABC and ΔDEC are the right triangles with ∠B = ∠E = 90°, find BE.

a. 20 cm b. 18 cm
c. 11 cm d. 15 cm

38. In the given figure, PQ = PR = PS. Find ∠QRS.

a. 49o b. 90o
c. 76o d. 110o

39. An equilateral triangle is cut up into smaller equilateral triangles with side 1/6 of the original.
Find the number of triangles thus formed.

a. 43 b. 29
c. 36 d. 20

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40. Find x in the given figure:

a. 130o b. 135o
c. 142o d. 145o

41. In the figure given below, find the area of the parallelogram.

a. 245 cm2 b. 212 cm2

c. 225 cm2 d. 255 cm2

42. How many tangents are there in all in this figure?

a. 2 b. 0
c. 4 d. 1

43. What is the type of angle formed in a Minor segment of a circle?

a. Straight angle b. Complete angle

c. Obtuse angle d. Right angle

44. If a square is inscribed in a circle, find the ratio of the area of the circle and the square.

a. π : 2 b. π : 1
c. 2 : 1 d. 2 : 5

45. If a = 12 cm, b = 13 cm, c = 15 cm, what is the semi perimeter of the triangle?

a. 16 cm b. 22 cm
c. 26 cm d. 20 cm

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46. Find the area of a triangle whose two sides are 16 cm and 12 cm respectively and the perimeter
is 42 cm.

a. 21√5 b. 7√21
c. 21√15 d. 7√3

47. A bicycle wheel makes 10 revolutions in moving 880 m. Find the diameter of the wheel. (π =
22/7)

a. 32 cm b. 36 cm
c. 40 cm d. 28 cm

48. Two circle touch internally. The sum of their area is 116π cm2 and distance between their
centre is 6 cm. Then, what is the radii of the circles?

a. 10 cm, 4 cm b. 15 cm, 6 cm
c. 12 cm, 8 cm d. 16 cm, 6 cm

49. What will be the area of a circle with circumference equal to 88 cm?

a. 512 cm2 b. 622 cm2

c. 616 cm2 d. 578 cm2

50. What will be the volume of tank whose length is 10 m, breadth 8 m and height 6 m?

a. 540 m3 b. 480 m3
c. 370 m3 d. 520 m3

51. An underground water tank is in the shape of cube of side 7 m. What will be its volume?

a. 343 m3 b. 535 m3
c. 245 m3 d. 143 m3

52. What is the number of solid spheres of radius 1/2 cm, which may be formed from a solid
sphere of radius 2 cm?

a. 45 b. 56
c. 34 d. 64

53. The base radius of a cylinder is 20 cm and its height is 10 cm. Find its curved surface area in
cm2.

a. 1180 cm2 b. 1280 cm2

c. 1260 cm2 d. 1200 cm2

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54. Find curved and total surface area of a conical flask of radius 6 cm and height 8 cm.

a. 60π, 96π b. 86π, 66π

c. 47π, 53π d. 37π, 76π

55. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the ground, which is 60 m away
from the foot of the tower, is 30°. Find the height of the tower.

a. 10√3 b. 60√3
c. 2√3 d. 20√3

56. An observer 1.5 m tall is 37.5 m away from a chimney. The angle of elevation of the top of the
chimney from her eyes is 45o. What is the height of the chimney?

a. 39 m b. 32 m
c. 28 m d. 31 m

57. Find the next number in the sequence:

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ?

a. 15 b. 17
c. 19 d. 21

58. Solve: 3/5th of 24% of 500 – 32 = ?

a. 38 b. 40
c. 64 d. 48

59. Solve:
1601 × 198 ÷ 49 – 1399 + 3878 = ?

a. 6000 b. 8700
c. 8900 d. 4700

60. Solve:
2 × 256 × ? = 82 × 102 × 2

a. 25 b. 43
c. 65 d. 37

61. How many such vowels are there in the below arrangement each of which is immediately
preceded by a consonant and immediately followed by a number?
P % R 1 5 H * M T E 3 B $ V N 4 K A 8 W I 6 2 G # U H 7 J Q 11 L Y

a. 2 b. 3
c. 1 d. 4

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62. Which of the following digit will be sixth to the left of tenth from the right end?
1125472845719652414582439769429

a. 1 b. 3
c. 2 d. 5

63. If in each number, first and the last digits are interchanged, which of the following will be the
highest number?
147 831 389 425 598

a. 425 b. 598
c. 831 d. 389

64. Which number is divisible by 18?

383893, 238768, 926568, 273638

a. 273638 b. 238768
c. 926568 d. 383893

65. If the number 87215X6 is completely divisible by 11, then the smallest whole number in place
of X.

a. 3 b. 2
c. 5 d. 4

66. Which number is divisible by 17?

665213, 324256, 648723, 957508

a. 957508 b. 648723
c. 324256 d. 665213

67. Estimate the pension (4.95%) if the gross pay is $600. (approximate)

a. $46 b. $73
c. $27 d. $30

68. Marie’s gross salary is $636.00. Her net salary is $625.00 after deducting Employment
Insurance. How much does she owe for Employment Insurance?

a. $32 b. $11
c. $24 d. $5

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69. Study the graph carefully and answer the question.
The bar graph gives the number of products manufactured and sold by a company over the
years (in thousands).
What is the difference in the number of products sold by the company in the year 2022 and
2017?

a. 26000 b. 25000
c. 35500 d. 15000

70. The graph shows the percentage break-up of sales of units of different products in 2018.
Find out the difference between the product A and C together and product B and D together?

a. 10 b. 30
c. 15 d. 25

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71. Study the line graph and find the number of vehicles manufactured by company X in 2022.

a. 120000 b. 140000
c. 160000 d. 100000

72. The graph below shows the profit earned by three companies over the years (in $10 million )
What was the average profit earned by all three companies in the year 2021?

a. $4 billion b. $3 billion
c. $2 billion d. $8 billion

73. A coin is tossed twice. Find the probability of getting both tails.

a. 1/3 b. 1/2
c. 1/4 d. 3/5

74. A coin is tossed once, find the probability of getting 'Head'.

a. 2/4 b. 4/6
c. 1/4 d. 1/2

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75. In a pack of 52 cards, what is the probability of getting a face card?

a. 4/13 b. 4/9
c. 3/13 d. 3/8

76. Study the pie-chart carefully to answer the question:

What was the approximate average number of passengers in Train-S, Train-M and Train-L
together?

a. 1467 b. 1671
c. 1355 d. 1456

77. Study the following table to answer the given question?

In City E, number of Specialist officer is approximately what percent of that officer?

Field
Center/Post Officer Clerk Supervisor Specialist
Officer
City A 2000 5000 50 2050 750
City B 15000 17000 160 11000 750
City C 17000 19500 70 7000 900
City D 3500 20000 300 90000 1150
City E 14900 17650 70 1300 1200
City F 11360 15300 30 1500 650
City G 9000 11000 95 1650 500

a. 8% b. 7%
c. 4% d. 2%

78. A class consists of 4 students and the marks obtained by them in Physics, Chemistry,
Mathematics are given in the following table.
Study the table carefully and answer the question.
Find the average score in Physics by the students in the class.

Students →
S1 S2 S3 S4
Subjects ↓
Physics 60 50 70 75
Chemistry 70 45 60 80
Mathematics 80 55 55 75

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 4 6
a. 45 7 marks b. 37 13 marks
3 7
c. 63 marks d. 83 9 marks
4

79. Choose the correct mirror image of the figure.

a. b.

c. d.

80. Angle of rotation of a figure is 35°. What is the number of lines of symmetry?

a. 1 b. 2
c. 3 d. 0

Avance (Each Question is 6 Marks)

81. What is the value of (625)0.24 X (625)0.01?

a. 4 b. 5
c. 25 d. 16

82. Write the decimal expansion of the following number which have terminating decimal
expansion:
8/5

a. 1.6 b. 1.2657
c. 1.676767….. d. 1.868686…....

83. Solve the following equation.

2𝑥−8 5𝑥+9
𝑥+2= 𝑥+5
− 𝑥+5

a. x2 + 7x + 10 = 0 b. x2 + 10x + 27 = 0
c. x2 + 7x + 4x + 10 = 0 d. 3x2 + 3x + 17 = 0

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84. Robert invested an amount of $10000 at compound interest rate of 10% per annum for a period
of three years. How much amount will Robert get after 3 years?

a. $12,709 b. $46,912
c. $15,498 d. $13,310

85. The cost of an article including the sales tax is $616. The rate of sales tax is 10%, if the
shopkeeper has made a profit of 12%, then find the cost price of the article.

a. $128 b. $400
c. $880 d. $500

86. A man can row 14 km/h in still water. When the stream is running at 2 km/h, it takes him 7
hours to row to a place and to come back. How far is the place?

a. 27 km b. 48 km
c. 38 km d. 39 km

87. A starts a business with $4000 and B joins him after 3 months with $16000. Find the ratio of
their profits at the end of year.

a. 1 : 1 b. 3 : 7
c. 2 : 5 d. 1 : 3

88. The marked price on an item was $3000 but the shopkeeper offered a double discount of
30% and 20%. How much did he finally sell the item?

a. $1,680 b. $1,430
c. $1,270 d. $1,580

89. In the given figure, ∠DAC = 30°, ∠CBD = 40°, ∠ADB = y°, and ∠ACB = x°. Find the difference
between angles y° and x°.

a. 65o b. 70o
c. 80o d. 45o

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90. In the given figure, PQRS is a rectangle. Find PR + QS.

a. 32 cm b. 26 cm
c. 44 cm d. 36 cm

91. In the given figure, ‘O’ is the centre of the circle and ∠AOC = 160°. What is the measure of
∠ABC?

a. 76o b. 80o
c. 160o d. 90o

92. Find the area of the triangular field of sides 55 m, 60 m, and 65 m. Also, find the cost of laying
the grass in the triangular field at the rate of $12 per m2.

a. 1525.5 m2, $15,354 b. 1537.5 m2, $18,444

c. 1500.5 m2, $17,278 d. 1480.5 m2, $18,669

93. Three metal cubes with edges 6 cm, 8 cm and 10 cm respectively are melted together and
formed into a single cube. Find the side of the resulting cube.

a. 11 cm b. 12 cm
c. 15 cm d. 17 cm

94. From the top of a 5 m high building, the angle of elevation of the top of a cable tower is 60°
and the angle of depression of its foot is 45°. Determine the height of the tower.

a. 7(√3+1) m b. 5(√2+1) m
c. 7(√2+1) m d. 5(√3+1) m

95. If x and y are the two digits of the number 883xy such that this number is divisible by 80,
then x + y = ?

a. 4 b. 5
c. 2 d. 6

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 96. Your daily net pay has increased by 5%. If you originally earned $120, what is your new net
pay?

a. $126 b. $114
c. $116 d. $236

97. Your income is $4000 and your total deductions are $598. Estimate the percent of your
income that you pay for deductions. (approximate)

a. 18% b. 15%
c. 13% d. 11%

98. Study the information carefully and answer the question given beside.
Out of 200 people who attended an office party 100 had Ice-cream, 120 had cold drink, 80
had cake and 10 had none of these three. 100 people had exactly one of three items.
How many people had exactly two of the three items?

a. 80 b. 90
c. 70 d. 65

99. The graph shows the percentage net profit of a certain company during the given period.
Study it carefully and answer the question.
During which years the ratio of percentage net profit earned to that in the previous year was
the minimum?

a. 2017 b. 2022
c. 2019 d. 2020

100. Find the order of rotational symmetry and angle of rotational symmetry.

a. 4, 90o b. 6, 180o
c. 4, 180o d. 6, 90o

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 Answer Key
1. C 2. a 3. d 4. c 5. b 6. d 7. b
8. A 9. c 10. d 11. a 12. b 13. a 14. c
15. D 16. c 17. a 18. b 19. a 20. b 21. c
22. A 23. d 24. c 25. d 26. a 27. c 28. b
29. D 30. a 31. c 32. d 33. b 34. a 35. c
36. B 37. d 38. b 39. c 40. a 41. c 42. d
43. C 44. a 45. d 46. c 47. d 48. a 49. c
50. B 51. a 52. d 53. c 54. a 55. d 56. a
57. d 58. b 59. c 60. a 61. b 62. c 63. d
64. c 65. b 66. a 67. d 68. b 69. b 70. a
71. c 72. a 73. c 74. d 75. c 76. b 77. a
78. c 79. c 80. d 81. b 82. a 83. b 84. d
85. d 86. b 87. d 88. a 89. b 90. b 91. b
92. b 93. b 94. d 95. c 96. a 97. b 98. c
99. a 100. a

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